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li·to·tes
 litotes
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- pronunciation:
- laI
t
tiz
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laI
to
tiz
[or]
lI
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tiz
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laI
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tiz
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noun |
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litotes |
| definition: |
in rhetoric, an understatement, esp. one expressed by a negation of an affirmative, as in "not the worst book I ever read".
- antonyms:
- exaggeration, hyperbole
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